Detroit shuts down Platinum Lounge night club; manager sounds off

Citing a string of recent shootings, the Detroit Police on Thursday shut down the Platinum Lounge on Detroit's west side.

Manager Angie Hutson isn't happy about the closing, as she let Fox 2 know in no uncertain terms.

"Somebody comes here and get killed everytime they walk outside, it's not my damn fault," she said. "It's the city's fault. Where they at when I call for night patrol?"

Apparently not one for subtlety, Hutson can be seen in archived surveillance video obtained by Fox 2 using pepper spray and waving a gun in attempts to control the crowd in the nightclub.

But Police Chief Warren Evans, speaking at a conference outside the club, said the shutdown will prevent more violence at the club, where seven shootings have taken place — both inside and out — since 2008.

"Because this place is closed we are preventing shootings," Evans said. "And that's what we want to be about doing. Not just cleaning up afterwards and trying to make cases."

Platinum Lounge, located at 13741 McNichols Road, is expected to be closed until at least May of 2010.